RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART, FABERGÉ & ICONS
07 JUNE 2016 | 3:00 PM BST
LONDON
Lot 466
Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 GBP
A silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel cockerel-form kovsh, Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1899-1908
the oval bowl painted with roundels of shaded stylised flowers within leafy stems on a cream ground, the border of translucent red ovals within cloison scrolls on green grounds, the head with translucent green eyes forming the prow, shaped scroll handle, 91 standard, scratched inventory number 1865
length 16cm, 6 3/8 in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby's New York, 9 June 1997, lot 255